Wild Things: Heritage Brand Adds Option to Customize Gear

Oct 1, 2012

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Wild Things was founded 31 years ago to
provide alpine climbing apparel and hardware for the world’s most extreme
expeditions. The co-founder, Chamonix-born Marie Meunier, wore Wild
Things on the first ascent of the South Face
of Chacraraju, Peru, in 1977 with John Bouchard. Mugs Stump used Wild Things gear on his first ascents of the east face of the Mooses Tooth, Alaska, in 1981 and the Moonflower Buttress, Mount Hunter, Alaska, in 1981.

Back then, it was
one of the only games in town. But even last year, when there were a number of competitors athletes could choose from, Wild Things was at the summit
when Mark Richey, Steve Swenson, and Freddie Wilkinson topped Saser
Kangri in India, and it accompanied Will Steger on Arctic and Antarctic
crossings, including the first international trans-Antarctica dog-sled crossing
and the first dog-sled journey to the North Pole without resupply.

The brand is known for being dependable in the
most extreme conditions—conditions where if your gear fails you could die. It’s
made by extreme athletes for extreme athletes.

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